St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-10
AMONG THE PAINTINGS.
A Half Hour Spent With Bright

A Half Hour Spent With Bright
Conceptions of Clever Artists.
''Get your umbrella checked here,
sir.'
"Oh, never mind, I'd jest ez Ieves
carry it.''
"You can't take it into this building"
"Why not?'
Because you'll be sticking it into
some of the pictures.''
This conversation took place yester-
day afternoon at the doorway of the art
gallery, where two pretty maids, with
black eyes, dark hair and never-dying
smiles sit and hold up the people and
relieve them of their umbrellas and
canes as they attempt to pass through.
In this case the pretty maid won and
the farmer went inside, minus his UNI
brella.
All the pictures are not yet in place.
but the workmen were busily engaged
all day in putting in paintings,
crayon sketches, pastels and photo
graphs into shape, and hanging them
where the light would bring out most
forcibly their striking features. Many
beautiful studies; are already on the
walls, and the superintendent of this de-
partment says the great features are yet
to come. A marine view by William T.
Richards is among the first to attract
the eye of the visitor. The great stretch
of ocean, as it rolls back from the quiver-
ing beach, gathering its forces for an
other onslaught, with the lights and
shadows delieately set. completes a
combination of colors that is perfectly
beautiful.
Clyde Loomis, of North Branch
Mimi, has executed wonderfully
natural piece of work in painting
fence corner round which is growing a
cluster of golden rod. One of, the stalks
lies across the end of a rail where it has
been bent by the wind The coloring
of the leaves and the tinting of the
blossoms are extremely delicate and
natural. 1t is one of the prettiest stud
les in the gallery thus far hung.
When farmer walks into the art gal
lery no steps round on the tips of his
{m toes and looks at the
N> figures on the wall as
Ef1 though he was afraid
"a they would step out of
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W. IN and attack him for max
LM A k ing noise The first
LMxS4 ENA few paintings he looks
ENEH Njat amuse him in tame
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Mk passes on; he finally gets
Mhl"I Nj interested and getting
tWByAT A bolder, walks a little
VIM M nearer them. A few
IF In steps farther on he be-
Y 4 7 y comes engrossed and he
n w N is close up to the rail-
N |" \ ing, and in about two
4 minutes he is bending
MAA~fS. \ over the railing and gaz-
|SG<@ ing in open-mouthed
- astOnishment at the
combination of colors
and features hardly two inches from
his nose, and he naturally and enthusi-
astically remarks, "I'll be burned eff
ther amt ther darndeSt prettiest thing
ever seed" Place farmer ten feet
from all Oil painting and he don't appre-
ciate it, but let him get it two feet from
the end of his nose and he'll discover
more beauties in it than the painter
himself could find, and this is why the
management will not permit people to
carry canes and umbrellas into The art
gallery. A person is liable to get
excited over some piece on the
wall that is beyond reach of the
arm, and If they have cane or
an umbrella in their hand, their first
act is to point out the striking features
of the painting with it doing this